on rainbows, faith and hitting rock bottom

I am not one to openly talk about my faith or impose my religious views upon friends. I view my faith as a most private, most sacred connection with the Divine. There are, of course, days, when one's soul seeks out a higher power more than on other days. Perhaps when you hit rock bottom, several times, there is only one way to look, and that is up.  I lift my eyes to the mountains, from where my help cometh" says the psalmist, and he is unmistakably right. Today, I was feeling abandoned, lonely, and as I looked up, I was graced with this image. A bright rainbow cast against the backdrop of my helplessness, my desperation. Bold enough to have asked for a sign, I raised my eyes to find it.

There is such thing as God answering prayers.